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Monument Number 110854
Hob Uid: 110854
Location : County of Herefordshire Laysters
Grid Ref : SO5683063210
Summary : Earthwork remains of a mutilated Motte. The motte is 27 metres in diameter across its top and standing up to 2.4 metres above the surrounding ground. It is surrounded by a ditch 9 metres wide and 1.1 metres deep. Scheduled.
More information : (SO 56846320)Tumulus (NR). (1) A circular mound, S of Laysters Church, had been dug into in modern times and only partly filled in. It is 25 yards in diameter at the top and rises 9ft above the bottom of the surrounding ditch. (2) Laysters, castle mound. Scheduled. (3) SO 56836321. A motte 27.0 metres in diameter across its top and standing up to 2.4m above the surrounding ground. It is encomapssed by a ditch 9.0 metres wide and up to 1.1m deep. The centre bears traces of modern mutilation. There is no trace of a bailey. Re-Surveyed at 1:2500. (4) The mount has been mistaken for a burial tumulus and partially excavated forty or fifty years ago, multilating the eastern side. The adjoining field has some signs of entrenchment. (5) "Explorations... conducted into this tumulus [revealed]... ashes, charcoal, and an accumulation of rough stones, but nothing in the shape of pottery or coin was found, nor could any definite form of stone structure be determined". (6) SO 569632. Motte, low and damaged. (7)

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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Medieval
Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Motte
Evidence : Earthwork

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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : HE 166
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SO 56 SE 2
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1850-01-01
End Date : 1869-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1970-10-29
End Date : 1970-10-29

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 110854